PPI publish list of top 100 paper companies

Pulp and Paper International has published its Top 100 list with IP, StoraEnso and P&G retaining their lead (based on their 2007 turnover).  There is also a ranking of the big pulp and paper producers.  International Paper (14.4 mio tonnes) hold onto the number one spot followed by StoraEnso, UPM Kymmene, AbitibiBowater, and Oji Paper.

The Chinese have moved up the rankings.  To quote the PPI article: 

Unsurprisingly, the major Chinese producers have again moved up the table. Shandong Chenming is now at 43, Nine Dragons has moved up to 54, Lee & Man has jumped to 61 and Shandong Huatai is at 85th place. Overall, Asian companies make up 16.3% of the net sales of pulp, paper and converting among the Top 100 firms in the industry. For the first time this year, there are more European companies on the list than North American, but the US and Canadian companies still account for the largest percentage of net sales at 37.4% compared to 36.0% for their European counterparts. In terms of production, the Million Tonners’ club has 55 members this year (compared to 57 companies last year), but they produced more tonnes of paper and board as a group.